Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
vgr's profile
Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao
@vgr

Tweets

Venkatesh Rao

@vgr

Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

Los Angeles, CA
venkateshrao.com
Joined August 2007

Tweets

  • © 2020 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Imprint
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
    • Report Tweet
    • Report NetzDG Violation

    Ok I’m not starting any more projects. At least not top-level projects. From now on I’m only finishing projects or killing them.

    4:48 PM - 16 Nov 2020
    • 64 Likes
    • CoolJets Reclusive Wizard Subhash bartender of weird (.code chris) Dival Banerjee 🛸 Tim Rooney Alex Radulescu
    5 replies 0 retweets 64 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        My biggest achievement of the last couple of years was effectively ending Refactor Camp the conference on a graceful high note. Second biggest was handing off the refactorcamp dot org the mastodon server to someone more able to keep it going

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        Show this thread
      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        Feeling very post-mid-lifey, leeward sloping. Turned 46 last week. Maybe act 1 is starting all possible projects, act 2 is shutting them down at the natural times.

        2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
        Show this thread
      4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        Relatedly, no more domain names. Done. And unused ones will expire. Subdomains okay if they’re logically subprojects of continuing projects. For a couple of in-dev projects that haven’t yet launched, I’ll use subdomains.

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
        Show this thread
      5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        The web makes it surprisingly hard to shut down projects. Last year I pulled all the tempobook blog posts into ribbonfarm and perna-redirected the domain. Janky operation. There’s no ideal solution. The web at best understands permanent redirects, not endings.

        3 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
        Show this thread
      6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        I didn’t actually do a 301. I just did a regular redirect and had the ribbonfarm Wordpress install handle the other domain as well. The alt was some horrible screwing around with web server rewrite rules. I realized I only needed to not let links break. Screw SEO.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        Show this thread
      7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        This is also the reason lately I have been doing un-headlined, Julian-dated blog entries (or blogchains that share a title and differ only by number). To name a thing is to make it an independent project in at least a small way. Unnamed things are easier to merge, remix etc.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        Show this thread
      8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation

        Generally I’m also going from being apathetic to SEO to actively antagonistic to it. Search-based discoverability is overrated for most things. It’s never been a significant source of new readers for me anyway.

        0 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
        Show this thread
      9. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Vatsal Manot‏ @vatsal_manot Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation
        Replying to @vgr

        Project: Finish Or Kill All Projects

        1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
      3.  🕷BenjaminP.Taylor 🇪🇺‏ @antlerboy Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation
        Replying to @vatsal_manot @vgr

        Goddamn

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Leigh Honeywell in  🇨🇦‏Verified account @hypatiadotca Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation
        Replying to @vgr

        have you readhttps://superyesmore.com/no-more-forever-projects-a23ae845c13784d37f33b863bcd99494 …

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      3. bonkydog‏ @bonkydog Nov 16
        • Report Tweet
        • Report NetzDG Violation
        Replying to @hypatiadotca @vgr

        whoa, powerful.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Show replies

    Loading seems to be taking a while.

    Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

      Promoted Tweet

      false

      • © 2020 Twitter
      • About
      • Help Center
      • Terms
      • Privacy policy
      • Imprint
      • Cookies
      • Ads info